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ELLISON

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• ELLISON (noun)
The noun ELLISON has 1 sense:

1. United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)

Familiarity information: ELLISON used as a noun is very rare.

• ELLISON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ellison; Ralph Ellison; Ralph Waldo Ellison

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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(English proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years."
(Corsican proverb)

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